International Symposium on Non-equilibrium Plasma and Complex-System Sciences (IS-NPCS)

preface:

The International Symposium on Non-equilibrium Plasma and Complex-System Sciences (IS-NPCS) is an international venue for discussion dedicated to the advancement of fundamental sciences of non-equilibrium plasmas and complex systems as well as their application to other fields, including engineering. The IS-NPCS promotes collaborative excellence among plasma physicists, nonlinear scientists, and professionals and students from various other disciplines to contribute to new development of modern sciences of non-equilibrium systems, especially those of plasmas. In my view, many scientific disciplines these days are highly specialized and therefore rather fragmented in a sense that each field tends to develop independently with little interaction with other fields. For example, in plasma physics, there are dozens of subfields such as high-temperature magnetically confined plasmas, low-temperature chemically reactive plasmas, and high-energy-density laser plasmas, just to count a few, and each of these subfields typically has a well-defined and self-contained scientific community. The aim of IS-NPCS is to provide an opportunity for scientists from various subfields of plasma physics and nonlinear science to communicate and share information on the latest development of their subfields, which I hope to lead to unexpected and exciting development of new knowledge and new scientific disciplines that may eventually contribute to the welfare of the society at large.
Satoshi Hamaguchi
Chair, IS-NPCS